**Please turn off cell phones and other communication devices prior to the start of the meeting. If there will be any handouts for the Board, please bring them to the Board Secretariat at the Staff table prior to your presentation.**

Executive Committee Report (Loriene Roy) President Roy will report from the Executive Committee meeting held on Thursday, January 10, 2008.

8:45 – 9:15 AM

Development Office Report– EBD #6.1 -- Decision/ActionKeith Fiels will introduce Kim Olsen-Clark, Assistant Director, ALA Development Office, who will provide an update on Development Office activities and fundraising initiatives. Ms. Olsen-Clark will ask the Board’s approval for the use of the entire Domini and TIAA-CREF lists of Socially Responsible Prospects to gain support for ALA’s mission.

Report on Member Participation• President-elect Jim Rettig will lead a discussion on ways to increase member participation in the Association, including electronic participation, based on the results of meetings with members.

Report from Exhibits EthnographerMarty Smith with EthnoMetrics, Inc., the ethnographer who studied the ALA conference exhibits space, will provide an overview of exhibits and the ALA member pavilion. John Chrastka, Manager for Membership Development, will report on planned changes for the ALA member pavilion at the 2008 Annual Conference.